The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-14

lJssper Courier C.srespondsccel
our WASHING TON LETTER,
WASHINGTON, ID. T.. Jan. 8. 1857.

The great annual ieyee 81 the White
House last Saturday passed oH pleas mi
u I" both host and guests. Legislators
aud OH 'ials, judiciary and diplomats,
Veterans and csviliAms, old age and ouih,
wealth and poverty, fame aud ovscurity,
aris'"crncy and democracy, came. ~
usual. 10 pay respect and express good
wishes 10 the cIssei ~ sxistrate.
Without the III 4msiou tho scene was
blcsk and sIu-hy aud cod. although the
weather predictions nal done all Ia Their
power 10 make Il bright. but within
evers thing ws- cheerful enough. All
the State apartments Nerc ssruWn open
and were shlszs win Gas jets, and
blooming with flowers. One thousand
trees an 4 pots 81 pants hsd been brought
irOm the conservatory for decoration.
A. The President wae just recovering
from another rheumatic attack which
hsi kept him prisoner Tor more than 1
week. u wss thought he would not W
aDie % endure The whole ordeal of The
three hours ~ handshsking. but would
be comt'elled 10 retire from fstixmc he.
'0r- the reception vas over. Iiis rondi-
lsion w.s the cause of much solicisu. Ia IN
the part Of Mrs Clrvelxnd and the Cab
met III .srs, who ~suied hun 70 re,nain
seated duriny the intervals '.etwecn the
reception 0t the various bodiea. lie
would not Yield 10 their wishes. how
ever. bnt siood up 10 HE task bfavcly
until The last. though he vas very tired.
Alter t's nffirisI- had passed through
the public wss received. and visitors
|thsm cam. 10, from actual count, q shc
|sste OF 30D TO every teu minutes. The
l'llrnng soon became dense inside the
n xusipn. The Blue Room. IL which
the receiving psriy stood, became eui-
Ihcs'inxiy warm a"d The perspirsfion
rolled from the President's face in
streams. The corrilors were choked
with people, aud before the police could
induce them 10 move into the east room,
come ladies tsinted.
This was the first time since 1881,
y hen . Presidents wife has appeared q
u New Years reception IL the White
House. and the first In thirty years since
n Democratic President's wife has pre-
sided there. 1857 being the Iast year that
President and Mn. Pierce were at The
Executive Mansion. Consequently the
pleasure expressed o. having 90 Young
lady a. Mrs. Cleveland there Il not 4
matter Of surprise. One member Of ihe
Corps DiplomstiQue tells . story abou,
another enthusiastic diplomst who wac
lsO delighted with Mrs. Cleveland. that,
after shaking hands with her. he testified
hi~ sdmiration by kissing the inside ol
hts own hand v hich had touched hers.
The elderly Senator from versuont,
M. Morrill,, who IA, OF conrse, q Rspnb-
licsn. expressed his approval of Mrs.
Cleveland in the folio v img charscseristic
way. naid he "While there ia difF.r.
ence of opinion q 70 those holding some
Iof the places the President has filed b.
appointment, the vacancy he has chosen
TO Oil bv the selection of lady Ia pre-.
side ~ the White House Il acceptable to
every one."
0Whcu this was repeated 10 the Prcs..
demt he said cortially II aul glad they
did not Try 10 thwars sne III that "You
ldid not ask the advice aud consent OF The
lSenste in that rnstter.v suggested = lady
present. mo. Indeed. I didn't.' ejscu.
lated Mr.. Cleveland. a. II very thankful
that the Con>tiiusi0n Of the United
States did not make Il ObligatOry.
I Its too early 10 say what effect The
death 0t General Log an will have upon
hi party, but the opinion IL freely *.
pressed here that the Republican organ'
ixsiion ~ Illinois will be seriously
broken by the lose OF IL trusted leader,
80 much - as 10 render The capture 81
the safe by the Democrats, at lhe next
ELECTION. more than probable. by that
time y viii be thirty years since ~ II.
l'nois Democrat was elected TO ths
United States Senate aud the scramble
f,r the place, with the slightest chanoel
~ success. would BE- unprecedented.
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